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Jason Denness
Nov 10, 2017Copper Contributor
Outlook OWA spell check not working
Hi We have had an issue with spellcheck not working on outlook.com/owa for a while now. In the past I contacted Microsoft support who told me to just spell correctly. I found if I deleted th...
VasilMichev
Nov 10, 2017MVP
Works fine here. It should use the built-in spellcheck in Windows, so check for that.
And go escalate the support agent that gave you such reply :)
Jason Denness
Nov 10, 2017Copper Contributor
It works in most places here too, one of the users experiencing the issue logged onto another PC and that was fine.
Spellcheck works in Office 2016 and it also works on any other website. the issue is only on the outlook OWA.
I've no idea where to look for the settings.
I did escalate the comment from the support agent but nothing happened as usual.
- Demetria GrahamDec 08, 2017Copper Contributor
I have this exact same issue. I am going to try deleting my profile in AD, but I have found no answers. I am hoping that someone knows and will reply.
- Jason DennessDec 08, 2017Copper ContributorThat should work but will only be a temp fix. I've found that the issue usually comes back after a while.
- Jason DennessApr 16, 2018Copper Contributor
Anybody heard of a fix for this yet? Still have to delete local profiles of those getting the spell check error.